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Root Causes of TerrorismDemocracy and Security
Vol. 1, No. 2 (August-December 2005)
, pp. 127-136 (10 pages)
Published By: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
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Democracy and Security is the authoritative source for rigorous exploration of the mechanisms and policies utilized by democracies to deal with security challenges, as well as relevant moral, social, and political dilemmas. The journal publishes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles on concepts and functions that shape the relations between various international and national security policies, concerns, and needs on the one hand, and central values, institutions, and processes of democratic societies on the other. The journal is committed to provide exposure to diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives, as well as policy approaches.
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Identity and Ideology in Political Violence and ConflictSt Antony's International Review
Vol. 10, No. 2, The Resurgence of Identity Politics (February 2015)
, pp. 18-52 (35 pages)
Published By: St. Antony's International Review
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Abstract
A familiar narrative in International Relations scholarship suggests that a fundamental shift in the dynamics of global political violence has taken place in recent times, involving a decline in ‘ideological’ conflicts, and a rise in conflicts of ‘identity’. But the contrast this argument relies on, between ideology and identity, is untenable and unproductive, implausibly denying that ideologies and identity are inextricably interrelated, and exaggerating the novelty and causal centrality of identity’s role in conflict. But this is not to say that identity plays no such role. This article explains the failings of the familiar narrative about identity, by demonstrating its fundamentally ideological nature and its nuanced causal role in political violence. It then proceeds to offer a better theoretical framework for thinking about the multiple links between identity and violence. Centrally, I identify six specific causal mechanisms through which identities encourage violence by providing: (i) mobilizing co-ordinates, (ii) targeting categories, (iii) virtue-systems, (iv) obligation hierarchies, (v) victimhood, and (vi) group hatred. Finally, the article considers how this framework permits a more plausible reformulation of some of the kernels of truth in the familiar narrative about identity’s importance in contemporary conflict.
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St Antony’s International Review (STAIR) is the University of Oxford’s peer-reviewed academic journal of international affairs. Established in 2005, STAIR reflects an ethos of open, accessible, and engaged intellectual debate, and provides a forum in which emerging scholars can publish their work alongside established academics and policy-makers. STAIR aims to encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue on issues of contemporary international relevance. It publishes two issues a year, each comprising both a general and thematic section.
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St Antony’s International Review (STAIR) is the University of Oxford’s peer-reviewed academic journal of international affairs. Established in 2005, STAIR reflects an ethos of open, accessible, and engaged intellectual debate, and provides a forum in which emerging scholars can publish their work alongside established academics and policy-makers. STAIR aims to encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue on issues of contemporary international relevance. It publishes two issues a year, each comprising both a general and thematic section.
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